DAY FOUR KANAYA + KYOUKO PRIVATE CONVERSATION

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[On the first day I had described Kanaya as being nice and wifely to the entire cabin when he first got here. This is no longer true. Her own room is the only one in the cabin she has willingly occupied for long from that day on and it shows. It's very clean. She opens the storage cabinet when she gets inside; it contains her Prayer's Pass notebook (she takes this out), a different notebook which she had brought with her, a handful of other books which she had brought with her, and three bottles of brightly colored liquid that she got from the store. The desk has, in addition to the provided pens and pencils, a few of both in that same jade green color Kanaya seems to so greatly favor for some reason; she takes one of these to go with the notebook, and then with both under one arm sets to fussing about with the radio and tapes.

Kanaya herself has dressed slightly more simply than normal today, no dress or gloves but under her rather plain coat (which she removes on entering) just her default outfit.]

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[ Kirigiri pulls out her notebook, taking a seat on the end of Kanaya's bed. ]

Alright. Let's review the tapes first.

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[Kanaya sits next to her, bringing along her own notebook and the radio; she leaves both behind, the communal object closer to Kirigiri, and then returns with the tapebox.]

This is the first one I found.

[As it plays she begins to paw through the box looking for more.]

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Nothing in particular stands out...

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He calls the boy Luke, I should note that. Do you know his full name?

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There is only one Luke here- it must be Triton.

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Luke... Triton... [Scritch scratch scritch.]

And then the mother figure is Ema Skye. [Her notes form them into a family tree with T-shaped lines connecting.]

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Do you really not have family units where you are from?

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[She shakes her head.]

No, we don't. From what I understand the closest parallel in any species of your planet can be found in ants.

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A-ants? The... insects?

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Yes... insects...

You weren't actually under the impression I was a mammal, were you.

--I think we might be getting into a little too much detail here.

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You look comparatively human to me!

[ what. just. what. ]

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I can't believe you look at me and see a viviparous being. It's almost so wrong as to reach back around to endearing.

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You may glow but you are not that alarmingly different.

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... [She clicks her fangs together discontentedly before she talks.]

Might not say the same thing about my culture. I did... say I would tell you about it. My past experiences like this.